A key contribution to coastal planning is ICZM, in the framework of the Communication by the Commission to
the Council and the Parliament on Integrated Coastal Zone Management: a Strategy for Europe
(COM/2000/547), and the Recommendation on ICZM (2002/413/EC). There are several ICZMs and
sustainable tourism initiatives in the European Union context that can have very positive impacts on coastal
tourism in the OSPAR region. Furthermore, the 27 proposed ICZM indicators can help to evaluate the
situation of coastal areas and the impacts, like tourism, that act upon them. In 2006 an evaluation of the
implementation of ICZM has been completed, concluding that ICZM can play an intermediary role between
the terrestrial/coastal management as stipulated in the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) and the
new Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/563/EC) as part of the European Maritime Policy, an aspect
that can also be very useful in tourism planning.